Former Site of the Chinese Communist Party Delegation Headquarters

　　The former site of the Chinese Communist Party delegation headquarters is situated at No. 151 Zhongshan 3rd Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing. As part of the fifth group of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level, it possesses considerable historical and cultural importance. The preservation and utilization of this site is one of the 120 key anti-Japanese war relic protection projects identified for rescue and restoration by the Fifth Plenary Session of the Third Chongqing Municipal Committee. In the "Overall Plan for the Protection and Utilization of Chongqing’s Anti-Japanese War Relics," reviewed and approved by the Chongqing Municipal Committee and Municipal Government in 2010, the on-site preservation of this headquarters was designated as a key project for the protection and exhibition of Chongqing’s anti-Japanese war relics.

　　On December 16, 1945, the Chinese Communist Party delegation, led by Zhou Enlai, came to Chongqing to attend the Political Consultative Conference. The Nationalist government allocated a dormitory building formerly belonging to the Bank of China for the delegation’s use.

　　The Political Consultative Conference, also known as the “Old Political Consultative Conference,” was held in Chongqing from January 10 to 31, 1946. A total of 38 representatives from the Nationalist Party, the Communist Party, the Democratic League, the Youth Party, and independent figures participated. The conference saw intense and complex struggles among the left, center, and right political forces, with the main issues being the military and political power. The Chinese Communist Party insisted that national democratization and military democratization must be implemented first, before proceeding with the nationalization of the military, thereby thwarting the Nationalist Party’s scheme to eliminate the people’s army and liberated areas under the guise of military nationalization and unified military and political orders. Through the efforts of the Chinese Communist Party, the conference passed five resolutions: the Government Organization Bill, the National Assembly Bill, the Peaceful Nation-Building Program Bill, the Military Issues Bill, and the Draft Constitution. Since these resolutions were, to varying degrees, beneficial to the people but detrimental to the Nationalist ruling clique, they were eventually torn up by the Nationalist ruling group.

　　The building is a Chinese-Western style brick-and-wood structure consisting of four units. It faces east and is situated to the west, with two stories above ground and a total height of 13 meters. It spans 44.6 meters in width and 10 meters in depth, covering a total area of 627 square meters including auxiliary buildings. Many comrades of the Chinese Communist Party delegation, including Zhou Enlai, Dong Biwu, Wang Ruofei, Ye Jianying, Lu Dingyi, Deng Yingchao, and Li Weihan, worked diligently here.

　　The welcome ceremony for the release of Ye Ting and Liao Chengzhi, as well as Ye Ting’s Party admission meeting, were also held here. After the Chinese Communist Party delegation moved to Nanjing in 1946, the building became the residence of staff from the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. It was returned to the Nationalist government in November of the same year and subsequently occupied by the military barracks of the Chongqing Garrison Command, later serving as staff housing for the Chongqing Procuratorate. On February 18, 1961, it was designated as a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit by the Chongqing Municipal People’s Government. In 2000, it was announced as a directly administered municipal-level cultural relics protection unit and placed under the management and use of the Hongyan Revolutionary Memorial Hall.

　　Source: Chongqing Hongyan Cultural Development Management Center